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2455. ELECTIONS (Presidential, 1796), Result of.—

I have never one moment doubted
the result. I knew it was impossible Mr.
Adams should lose a vote north of the Delaware,
and that the free and moral agency of the
South would furnish him an abundant supplement.—
To Edward Rutledge. Washington ed. iv, 151. Ford ed., vii, 93.
(M. Dec. 27, 1796)